r/geography • u/AdorableAardvark1061 • 8h ago

Question Foundation for what?

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/GWZrUmzAxDx2HrW99?g_st=ic

(37.6817807, -119.8549487)

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u/InvestigatorOk9354 8h ago

Either a 1930s works progress project, or an abandoned lodge/hotel project. You can see there are resort hotels nearby, so I'd go with that as the most likely option.

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u/Operation_Bonerlord 4h ago edited 4h ago

Foundation for a hoist house of a lumber incline for the Yosemite Lumber Company, built in 1923. See this video starting at about 14:15.

A lumber incline is basically a kind of funicular railway used for moving timber down a mountain. Cars were cable operated and so required machinery at the top and bottom, a bit like modern ski lifts. This is the foundation for the hoist at the top of the incline.

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u/Unhappy_Future_6718 8h ago

Its on a mountain all ik

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u/Unhappy_Future_6718 8h ago

Lots of nearby ghost towns and abandoned mining stuff

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u/Dangerous_Ad6580 2h ago

Wow, that's in the middle of fucking nowhere... ok